Today we discuss 10 edible plants that are not very common in most backyards or stores and the unique advantages they offer the modern survivalists concerned with producing their own food. Each of these plants offers unique advantages to the backyard and small homestead grower. Advantages such as good nutritional profiles, disease resistance, ease in seed saving, heat tolerance and more.

Note that the seed sources below are comprised of many sources. You can get many of these seeds from multiple providers. I just wanted the opportunity today to expose you today to a variety of solid providers of organic and non GMO seed.

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Time to get back to our Monday tradition of answering listener questions. Today we have questions on economic issue, dogs, gardening, guns and more. Also make sure to check out our links and resources today as we have a tremendous number of very valuable resources today.

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This is a special episode as we go over 10 crops and 10 lessons that we can teach kids with a garden that are priceless beyond words. Tune in today to learn…

How Radishes and Greens teach that what we do now matters

How to use beans and peas to teach kids how plants “help” each other

How Tomatoes, Squash and Peppers can build a community and teach sharing

How Potatoes and Carrots teach that what you don’t see matters

How Pumpkins teach us to create our own entertainment

With Gardening in General we talk about…

How gardening teaches kids that food does not come from a store

That the life in a seed applies to the entire world

How the earth should be seen as a provider not a “resource”

That hard work pays off

That you can take care of yourself and others

This is a shorter show then normal but I think it may be one of the best so far. We need to realize that survival preparedness is best done by blending it with life on a day to day basis. To survive we need to also ensure the survival of the next generations.

I would love to hear your stories about what you learned about from gardening with parents or grandparents and what these lessons mean to you. Or what other lessons do you think we learn from gardening. Remember to make suggestion and comment.

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